Combat mini figure 2

This one has more “attitude”, I think. The first is workable, but it looks more like an avatar screen in a game or something, I suspect this one might make for better actual character images. The angle’s from just below waist-level, which might be different enough to cause some problems.

I don’t know, what do you all think?

UPDATE: With thanks to commenter TheNate and John, here’s an updated version with the right foot pointed in a more solid direction, and the right hand no longer stapled to the buttocks.

I don’t know about the angle. The way he’s looking down says “authority” but his raised feet pointed in the other direction make it seem like he’s unsure of where he stands or is going. It’s contradictory body language.

Maybe if his feet were in a more grounded and directed-towards-the-viewer stance or if his upper body was turned too it could work.

Yes I like the New update Version of this pose the best, though if you are going to use it for the Modern Warrior Mini, you might want to have one of his hands raised as if holding a large gun against his shoulder, or some such similar pose

Yep, Kaldath makes a good point about the arm/hand. Or… I don’t know if this would be too much work, but what about having a complete arm module – you could have the base figure with no left arm, and then drop in an arm that’s either in the ‘down’ position, in which case then you could put any weapon you wanted in the hand, or drop in an arm that’s in the ‘up’ position – this one could be much more limited option-wise, maybe already have the weapon drawn in the hand? If it was the left arm, maybe there’d be less to draw…

My thought on the hand position regarding guns was that a gun would actually fit well in it as-is. He’d just look like he was holding it “at rest”. The problem with having the hand up, like in the current HM poses, is it sort of looks odd when there’s nothing in there. Like, why is that guy making a fist there?

It’s a good pose, but what sort of combat figure is it intended for? It works well for a martial arts figure, or some forms of armed melee combat, but wouldn’t really work at all for a modern soldier or similar.

If it’s a martial artist, then definitely this one over the other one. If it’s a soldier – neither.

Whatever you do, please stop having people walk around with their finger on the trigger. It bugs me every time I see it. I know it’s the convention in hero drawings, but it breaks one of the first rules of gun handling. Trained shooters keep clear of the trigger until they are about to shoot.

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